Career
Born in Easington, County Durham, he played his entire career in his native North-East. He started his career with Newcastle United, before he moved to in 1955. He spent most of his playing career with, and set the club"s appearance record of 490 first-team appearances.
Greener worked as a blacksmith at Easington Colliery, and began his football career playing for Easington Colliery Welfare and for Barnsley at youth level, before joining Newcastle United as a professional in 1952.
He made his first-team debut on 3 October 1953, in a 2–0 home defeat against Charlton Athletic in the First Division. He played only twice more for Newcastle before signing for in 1955.
He immediately established himself in the first team, playing 132 consecutive games, a run which came to an end in February 1958 when he was snowbound at home, unable to join up with the team travelling to Workington. His performances earned him selection for the Third Division North representative side to play against the South in April 1957.
He missed most of the club"s first season in the newly formed Fourth Division after breaking his leg in August 1958, but returned the following season to play regularly for the remainder of his career.
Nicknamed "The Manitoba Mountain", Greener had made 490 first-team appearances for, still, as of 2010, a club record, his final appearance coming in April 1967 against Bristol Rovers at Feethams. He finished his football career with two years at Stockton. The club named a conference room at their Arena stadium in his honour.
He died on 19 October 2015.
As a player.
